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                <p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="d_note.png" width="138" height="76" border="0" alt="d_note"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Note</span><span class="f_BodyText"> element is a textual annotation that can be attached to a set of elements of any other type. The attachment is created separately, using a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="notelink_connector.htm">Notelink</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> connector. Both Note and Notelink are available in any Enterprise Architect diagram, through the</span><span class="f_UIControl"> <a href="common_group.htm">Common</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> pages of the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText">Note</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is also called a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Comment</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">A </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Constraint</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is a form of Note, identifying a constraint on other elements. As for a Note, you can connect the Constraint element to other elements using a Notelink connector. This element is just a means of documenting the fact that there are constraints; it has no impact on the other elements. You define the types of constraint in the project <a href="constrainttypes.htm">reference data</a>, apply them to the element in the element </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="constraints.htm">Properties</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog, and manage them through the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="ruletab.htm">Rules &amp; Scenarios</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> window.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">OMG UML Specification</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The OMG UML specification (</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">UML Superstructure Specification, v2.1.1, p. 59</span><span class="f_BodyText">) states:</span></p>
<p class="p_OMGText"><span class="f_OMGText">A comment gives the ability to attach various remarks to elements. A comment carries no semantic force, but may contain information that is useful to a modeler.</span></p>
<p class="p_OMGText"><span class="f_OMGText">A comment can be owned by any element.</span></p>




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